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deb Explorer IX - Orbit

View from above orbital plane
View from above orbital plane
View from above satellite
View from above satellite

Ground track
Ground track

The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1    85U 61004C   25082.75089604  .00213831  00000-0  92297-2 0  9999
2    85  38.6819 241.1569 0084810 203.0349 156.6613 15.17633425181768
Epoch (UTC): 23 March 2025 18:01:17
Eccentricity: 0.0084810
inclination: 38.6819°
perigee height: 454 km
apogee height: 571 km
right ascension of ascending node: 241.1569°
argument of perigee: 203.0349°
revolutions per day: 15.17633425
mean anomaly at epoch: 156.6613°
orbit number at epoch: 18176

The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,  

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